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AFWIS Joins Operation World In Prayer for India, Gujarat, Haryana

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Jun 23: India, Gujarat, Haryana

India, Gujarat, Haryana

India

Republic of India

Asia

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Geography

Area: 3,166,000 sq km
A further 121,000 sq km of Kashmir, a contested area, is administered by Pakistan and China. Geographically and politically, India dominates South Asia and the Indian Ocean. There are 28 Union States and 7 Union Territories.
Population: 1,214,464,312    Annual Growth: 1.44%
Capital: Delhi
Urbanites: 30.1%
HDI Rank: 134 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 2,533 (88% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language: Constitutionally there are 22 official languages. The official language is Hindi (spoken by 40% of the population). English is a subsidiary official language    Languages: 456 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Hinduism
Religion               Pop %Ann Gr
Christians71,011,0005.843.7
Evangelicals26,290,2832.23.9
Hinduism902,711,32374.33 
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Answer to Prayer

Missions, church planting and research initiatives in India have grown far beyond the humble beginnings in the 1960s, which were largely controlled by foreign groups. Today, over 1,000 Indian mission agencies and church-based initiatives have sent out over 100,000 church planters, evangelists and social workers – many of them cross-culturally – and have planted tens of thousands of Christ-following congregations. Considerable thought and practice are now shaping an Indian Church and society that can follow Christ and live out the gospel in a contextualized fashion.
     For an additional 6 Answers to Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

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The Operation World book, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM provide far more information and fuel for prayer for the people of India.

Gujarat

India

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Challenge for Prayer

The Christian Church is predominantly Catholic, Church of North India and Methodist. Many other smaller evangelical denominations are also present, including recently planted indigenous churches. The oppressive religious context has prevented outreach, sapped spiritual vitality, fomented division and, in some sections, seen the Church compromise with Hinduism. Yet persecution has also often triggered new life and revival. Pray for the Holy Spirit to do a powerful new work in the churches of Gujarat.
     For an additional 4 Challenges for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

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The Operation World book, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM provide far more information and fuel for prayer for the people of Gujarat.

Haryana

India

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Challenge for Prayer

The unreached – 6,000 villages have no Christian witness or outreach. Also, 10 peoples of populations over 100,000 each have no church and no ministry among them. Jats number over 4 million in Haryana, but there are fewer than 20 known Christians among them. There are very few known Christians among the 1.7 million Brahmins and the 750,000 Shaikhs. This state has the second-largest Sikh population and is actually seeing a significant number come into the Kingdom; pray that this might be increased and spill over to Sikhs elsewhere.
     For an additional 2 Challenges for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

More Information

The Operation World book, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM provide far more information and fuel for prayer for the people of Haryana.
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Isaiah 11 (New International Version)





Isaiah 11

The Branch From Jesse

1 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
2 The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD -

3 and he will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears;

4 but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.

5 Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist.

6 The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling [a] together; and a little child will lead them.

7 The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.

8 The infant will play near the hole of the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper's nest.

9 They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.

10 In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious. 11 In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, [b] from Cush, [c] from Elam, from Babylonia, [d] from Hamath and from the islands of the sea.

12 He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth.

13 Ephraim's jealousy will vanish, and Judah's enemies [e] will be cut off; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.

14 They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia to the west; together they will plunder the people to the east. They will lay hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.

15 The LORD will dry up the gulf of the Egyptian sea; with a scorching wind he will sweep his hand over the Euphrates River. [f] He will break it up into seven streams so that men can cross over in sandals.

16 There will be a highway for the remnant of his people that is left from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from Egypt.
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Proverbs 23 (New International Version)





Proverbs 23

1 When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what [a] is before you,

2 and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.

3 Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint.

5 Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

6 Do not eat the food of a stingy man, do not crave his delicacies;

7 for he is the kind of man who is always thinking about the cost. [b] "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.

9 Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.

10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

11 for their Defender is strong; he will take up their case against you.

12 Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

14 Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death. [c]

15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad;

16 my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD.

18 There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.

19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path.

20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat,

21 for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

22 Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

23 Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding.

24 The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him.

25 May your father and mother be glad; may she who gave you birth rejoice!

26 My son, give me your heart and let your eyes keep to my ways,

27 for a prostitute is a deep pit and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

28 Like a bandit she lies in wait, and multiplies the unfaithful among men.

29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

30 Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.

31 Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly!

32 In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.

33 Your eyes will see strange sights and your mind imagine confusing things.

34 You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging.

35 "They hit me," you will say, "but I'm not hurt! They beat me, but I don't feel it! When will I wake up so I can find another drink?"

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    Proverbs 23

    1 When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what [a] is before you,

    2 and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.

    3 Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

    4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint.

    5 Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

    6 Do not eat the food of a stingy man, do not crave his delicacies;

    7 for he is the kind of man who is always thinking about the cost. [b] "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

    8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.

    9 Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.

    10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

    11 for their Defender is strong; he will take up their case against you.

    12 Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

    13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

    14 Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death. [c]

    15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad;

    16 my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

    17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD.

    18 There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.

    19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path.

    20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat,

    21 for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

    22 Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

    23 Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding.

    24 The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him.

    25 May your father and mother be glad; may she who gave you birth rejoice!

    26 My son, give me your heart and let your eyes keep to my ways,

    27 for a prostitute is a deep pit and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

    28 Like a bandit she lies in wait, and multiplies the unfaithful among men.

    29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

    30 Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.

    31 Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly!

    32 In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.

    33 Your eyes will see strange sights and your mind imagine confusing things.

    34 You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging.

    35 "They hit me," you will say, "but I'm not hurt! They beat me, but I don't feel it! When will I wake up so I can find another drink?"
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Psalm 26 (New International Version)




Psalm 26


Of David.

1 Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
2 Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;

3 for your love is ever before me, and I walk continually in your truth.

4 I do not sit with deceitful men, nor do I consort with hypocrites;

5 I abhor the assembly of evildoers and refuse to sit with the wicked.

6 I wash my hands in innocence, and go about your altar, O LORD,

7 proclaiming aloud your praise and telling of all your wonderful deeds.

8 I love the house where you live, O LORD, the place where your glory dwells.

9 Do not take away my soul along with sinners, my life with bloodthirsty men,

10 in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

11 But I lead a blameless life; redeem me and be merciful to me.

12 My feet stand on level ground; in the great assembly I will praise the LORD.
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